One of the most iconic figures of our time, Steve Jobs, was also famous for his quirks and character traits.<\/p>\n
Not only did he wear the same outfit on the daily, he also got a brand new Porsche every six months.<\/p>\n
READ MORE:<\/strong>\u00a0This is Jeff Bezos\u2019 brand-new superyacht, \u2018Koru\u2019<\/strong>,\u00a0and it\u2019s worth half a billion dollars<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Steve Jobs was worth around $10 billion<\/a> at the time of his death in 2011.<\/p>\n The tech mogul wasn\u2019t particularly conceited or vain when it came to money, even though he obviously had plenty.<\/p>\n However, there\u2019s one thing he spent money on and that was his daily driver.<\/p>\n For the longest time, Steve Jobs leased a brand new black Porsche 911 every six months.<\/p>\n Years later, he switched cars and replaced his Porsche 911 with a Mercedes-Benz SL 55.<\/p>\n However, in both instances, the car would be replaced with an identical one every six months.<\/p>\n This is because Steve Jobs didn\u2019t want to be identified by the number plate on his car.<\/p>\n <\/a>Cultofmac.com<\/p>\n The state of California, at one point, did not require new vehicles to have a license plate for up to six months.<\/p>\n California changed the law a few years ago but a very long time, you were allowed to buy a new car and drive it plate-free and replace it once a year.<\/p>\n And that\u2019s what Jobs did.<\/p>\n By leasing a new car every six months, Steve Jobs exploited this obscure loophole in the law and that meant his car never had a number plate.<\/p>\n Back then, paps still existed, and so did social media, but the media attention he got was nowhere as gigantic as it would\u2019ve been today.<\/p>\n These days, top CEOs conduct themselves differently.<\/p>\n <\/a>Instagram\/Jeff Bezos<\/p>\n You\u2019ve got Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, both with a very high profile albeit for totally different reasons.<\/p>\n Jeff Bezos famously loves splashing cars on yachts.<\/p>\n He owns one of the largest sailing yachts in the world, and a shadow boat<\/a> for this main yacht that cost $75 million.<\/p>\n By contrast, Elon Musk is relatively frugal when it comes to spending money, but he gets a lot of attention due his controversial use of social media.<\/p>\n Then you\u2019ve got people like Tim Cook or Google\u2019s Sundar Pichai, who seem to shy away from the limelight.<\/p>\n Mind you, there\u2019s one thing they all have in common.<\/p>\n They all spend exorbitant amounts of money on private jets<\/a> and personal security<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post Steve Jobs got a new identical Porsche every 6 months for decades<\/a> appeared first on Supercar Blondie<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n